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deviate

/ˈdiːvi.ət/
noun
  1. A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.

    Similar: degenerate, deviant, pervert

  2. A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.

Synonymsdegenerate, deviant, pervert
verb
  1. To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.

  2. To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

    "His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm."

  3. To cause to diverge.

Synonymsswerve, veer, stray, wander

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